In the last week in review, I said my week was unexciting. This week wasn't much better, but at least I can blame it on exams. It also seems a little silly to write a week in review when I've posted so much about my activities the past week, but I'm trying to keep a steady column going. So here you go, my past 9 days:
Saturday: Classes ended Friday, so "reading period" started on Saturday. My task for the day was to start outlining network industries (since, unlike some other more studious people, I didn't outline at all before classes ended), and it progressed slowly. It's hard to get into study mode. It's not a switch that just goes on and off. [I originally posted about Alvin's cooking here, but then we talked about it and realized he cooked those dishes on Sunday. Oops.]
Various movies were on during the day (I don't remember exactly what I watched). Alvin went off to a friend's party and I kept trying to get into uber-focused study mode. In the process, I watched and commented on Princess Bride (forgot about this one until I reread my blog) and VH1's 20 Most Awesomely Bad Songs of 2004, and then watched Austin Powers, an episode of Ellen (forgot about this one too!), Clueless and episodes 5-8 of Season 1 of The O.C. Not sure what time I finally got to sleep, but it was late. And I didn't even finish half the slides.
Sunday: Made progress on network industries. Nothing on TV that night. I posted a lot of Bluefly pictures with commentary. (Search for 12/5 entries if you're curious.) Alvin cooked a yummy dinner while I got some work done:
Monday: Worked on network industries, set up my new printer, took a long study break and then finally got to work on securities. Took a break for pilates, and then went back to work. Tried to watch Two and a Half Men, but it was preempted for the scary fire. Did more work. Blah blah blah. Exciting exciting exciting.
Tuesday: Learned securities from E&E. Watched TNT's Primetime in the Daytime (the usual Angel, Charmed, L&O lineup). Indulged in The Amazing Race and SVU. Wouldn't sleep until I finished going through the content (not questions) in E&E.
Wednesday: Forced to study for corporate finance. All day, suffered under a general feeling of helplessness about the exam. Outlined with the radio (I hate how they play the same songs every day all day) and took a break for Lost. Didn't get to sleep until late, which was bad because the exam was at 9 am.
Thursday: We're supposed to get to our exams 15 minutes early, but I made it in with about 10 minutes until the exam start. (I wasn't last! Phew!) It was a terribly painful exam about which I knew little. (I still intend to post the exam reflections on the blog, so I'll hold off from talking about it.) I really hope I passed. Came home and after taking a long TV break to recover from the pain (Angel, Charmed, Law and Order, Survivor, Apprentice), went back to studying for network industries. (Since, you know, you're supposed to watch TV for 5 hours the day before an exam.)
Friday: Got up on the late side (but within the range I set for myself), did some last minute studying for network industries, and went to school for the exam. Since I can't arrive anywhere on time, I got there next to last and luckily got a seat since there weren't many left. Another exam about which I felt terrible when it was over. Drove back in the rain and wind in the dark with clueless drivers (quite a dangerous situation). Watched Lord of the Rings instead of studying for securities. Too exhausted to put in good study time, and was glad Tuesday was so productive.
Saturday: Got up late, had a small lunch (too small because my stomach was growling for the whole last hour of the exam and I couldn't tell how loud it was because my earplugs were in and I was getting really humiliated about it, but I couldn't eat more at the time because I was running late) and went to school for the securities exam. Our room was almost all 3Ls and you could feel the apathy in the room. Oh, the third coming of senioritis.
When the exam was finally over, I didn't feel exhiliration. I felt weary relief. I was glad it was over, but I couldn't even work up the energy to cheer. Headed home in the dark. Went to Chipotle for dinner (yum). Then got ready for Trey and Sally's holiday party at an apartment upstairs in the building:
I love how when Alvin takes the self-pictures, it almost looks as if someone else is taking them because of the distance he can get with his long arms.
Anyway, the party was lots of fun. Had good conversations, sold people on TV shows and dividend credit cards, watched the boys play Goldeneye, ate a lot of artichoke dip, and imbibed a lot of vodka. Mmm, vodka. Nothing makes you feel better about taking terrible exams than nice nice vodka. No, I'm not an alcoholic. And I only got buzzed. Besides, it's not like we had to drive home or anything. Nice short elevator ride. ;-)
Sunday/Today: Slept in, dreaming about Iceland. Did some cleaning during the day, watched Ghostbusters on TNT (I don't know why that movie makes me happy), which was followed by Jumanji (which I also always watch on TV). Went out to dinner - it was cold outside! Really windy and really cold. The windchill had to be in the 20s (I think it was). Brrr. We went to this new place that I really wanted to try, Silver Spoon. It's owned by the same people as Spoon Thai, which is this great authentic Thai place I've always wanted to try but is kind of far away. Silver Spoon is within walking distance and I definitely wanted to try it before going away for break. Unlike the original Spoon, it's a mix of Thai and Japanese food. There was so much on the menu I wanted to try, so we got a bunch of random stuff. Here's what we got:
Started with a yellowtail & scallion roll and a spicy moonlight roll (spicy tuna roll topped with crunchies). Mmm yummy. I love yellowtail.
I've been wanting to try banana blossom salad for awhile. I really like it! Funny thing was that it was on some menus and not on others at the restaurant, and it's not on the take-out menu. But I would totally try to order it if I were getting delivery. It had great flavor, and it wasn't like the feeling you get sometimes with some dishes at some restaurants, where flavorful means shaking the spices on top. It was really really good.
Also got pad taley - a mix of seafood. There were so many types of seafood in there that I don't even know if I tried one of each. I love the fishballs though. Yum. :)
Alvin's seat faced this display card where they showed all this sorbet served in frozen fruit, and after looking at it for the whole dinner, he really wanted to get the peach sorbet.
And even though it was cold, he ate the frozen fruit! We took a cab back home because it was so cold and so windy out. Dinner at Silver Spoon was excellent (even though I keep wanting to spell spoon as "sppon"). Definitely going back.
Came back and watched the 3 hour Survivor finale (Chris was my 2nd choice to win out of the F4, I really wanted Eliza to win). Cleaned some more. Blogging finally. Going to get sleep again tonight... I'm so excited! :) But for now, I'm going to check in on the TWoP Survivor forums. I wonder what the "big twist" is for Palau.
There's my week! What did you do this week?
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